Conclusion

3D optic is a paid add-on feature to WaveRunner that allows marking of complex part geometry including steps, slopes, and curved surfaces in addition to field flattening.

These advanced features are enabled by providing the software with information about the optical path of the system and by leveraging the capabilities of the post-objective scanning z-axis focus mechanism. These techniques increase the dynamic performance demands of the focus mechanism significantly; it now has to operate at speeds much closer to those of the X and Y beam steering to remain in focus at all times over shaped surfaces.